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07-04-2011, 07:56 PM
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Blowout!
Hello all,
I just joined the forum. We have an '09 Solera which we purchased new early last year. Currently we have a little over 8K miles on it. We love this motorhome! But, we did have an incident yesterday... 
While traveling home yesterday, 2 hours from home driving 12 hours, we heard a loud "woosh", soon followed by a lot of loud thumping. We pulled over and found both RR tires FLAT. 
We are not sure what happened, but based upon the sequence of events it appears that all this was caused by a faulty extender, which failed on the inside tire, causing the woosh, and after that tire went flat the overloaded outside tire lasted only a while longer then blew from the load!
Thanks to the Good Sam Roadside Assistance we were back on the road in 3 hours.  Great service, especially considering it was a holiday weekend.
The inside tire appears to be fine, is still holding air and is now our spare. We replaced it with a new tire, and put the original spare on the outside. Now I also need to buy a new chrome wheel simulator and extenders as all of that flew off and was lost during this event.
Never a dull moment....
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07-04-2011, 08:36 PM
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49 year camping veteran
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Utah
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Glad you fared well on the repair. Road service is a life-saver!!!
After a couple of similar blowouts with my Dad on his class C mini, tracked it down to the extender tubes going bad and having slow leaks causing the blowout.
Got rid of them and no issues since. Little tougher to get in and measure pressure / add air.
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07-05-2011, 12:07 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Upstate (Albany Area) NY
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Start looking at a pressure monitoring system. It'll give you a hint of a problem before it becomes a REAL problem. IMHO, well worth the investment!
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07-05-2011, 06:30 AM
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Location: Ontario Canada
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What pressure monitoring system would you advise on. I'm looking to purchase one also
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07-05-2011, 07:34 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Upstate (Albany Area) NY
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I use the Pressure Pro, and I like it very much. That said, since I bought mine, more than one brand now offers units with batteries that the user can change, rather than send the sending units back to the factory every few years, so If I had it to do over again now, I might have purchased differently...
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07-05-2011, 07:40 AM
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I also use Pressure Pro. I had sensor go bad in 4 years, and Pressure Pro replaced that for $30. Batteries have not been needed to be replaced yet. The system works great.
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07-05-2011, 05:48 PM
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I'm looking at Pressure Pro and Doran systems. The equivalent Doran costs $85 less based on MSRP...
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07-05-2011, 07:11 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Southwest Louisiana
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Found the TST system with 6 moniters for 299. RV Tire Systems
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07-05-2011, 09:29 PM
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Location: Southwest Louisiana
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Do you have to install the steel stems for the TST system?
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07-05-2011, 11:00 PM
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Site Team - Lou
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Quote:
Originally Posted by papap
Do you have to install the steel stems for the TST system?
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These are highly recommended in any case; but for a TPMS they are almost mandatory. With the pressure cap in place the centrifugal force at 60 MPH will bend the rubber ones until the cap touches the rim. This is VERY hard on the stem and the pressure cap.
I took mine off completely because the TPMS (supplied as a VERY expensive option) was bending the rubber stem to the point it was leaking. I now have steel stems, but never bothered to put the supplied TPMS caps back on because they only alerted at 25 PSI. Since I had C rated tires running 50 PSI (before I upgraded to D rated ones) they were damn near useless. 25 PSI is a blowout already happened.
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07-06-2011, 04:55 AM
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Question - do tires need to be removed from the rims to install steel stems?
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07-06-2011, 05:26 AM
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Yes. I took mine to Big O and they installed the four new stems, balanced the tires (all four where way off balance) and filled the tires with nitrogen.
Cost was about $60.
They jacked up each side of the TT with two floor jacks. One side at a time. I also made sure they torqued the lugs to spec.
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07-06-2011, 06:45 AM
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Location: Shenandoah Valley of Virginia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kgmat
Yes. I took mine to Big O and they installed the four new stems, balanced the tires (all four where way off balance) and filled the tires with nitrogen.
Cost was about $60.
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I had the steel stems installed and tires balanced on all 4 of my trailer trailer tires with a 80% nitrogen fill for $36.
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07-11-2011, 04:31 AM
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Update - I'm taking her in for steel stems this coming Saturday. I'm ordering a new wheel simulator and extenders from my dealer (he is far, far away but can get them for me and ship - and wow, they are impossible to buy "online"). I will also be purchasing a TireTraker system.
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07-17-2011, 10:15 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ilmor
Update - I'm taking her in for steel stems this coming Saturday. I'm ordering a new wheel simulator and extenders from my dealer (he is far, far away but can get them for me and ship - and wow, they are impossible to buy "online"). I will also be purchasing a TireTraker system.
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Update #2 - stems had to be ordered; so I take her in next Sat. for the installs...
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07-18-2011, 11:53 AM
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Villa Estate 392FLFB
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Location: Saskatchewan, Canada
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so are both of your stems going to be easily accessible when you are done and ready to roll?
i have to change the dually stems on my bus.. they are steel and nubs and you have to have a special air chuck to get on to fill or even check the pressure!
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07-18-2011, 03:46 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The_Stuff
so are both of your stems going to be easily accessible when you are done and ready to roll?
i have to change the dually stems on my bus.. they are steel and nubs and you have to have a special air chuck to get on to fill or even check the pressure!
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Thanks for asking; yes, I will also have valve extenders as necessary, and then my TireTraker system on top of that!
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07-20-2011, 09:36 PM
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07-22-2011, 05:55 PM
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Update #3 - Dealer ordered wrong stems; since I'll be out of town next weekend now I'll have to wait two more weeks until metal stem install.
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